Car-rack.



No. 7ll,642.

w. B. McCARTHY.

GAB RACK.

(Application filedliay 6, 1902.)

"Patented Oct. 2|, I902.

(No Model.)

1/ 8 7 I, l I 7 W itne s ses. v 2 Inventor.

ttorney UNITED STAT PATENT Orrrcn.

WVILLIAM B. MCCARTHY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT,

CAR-RACK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 711,642, dated October21, 1902.

Application filed May 6, 1902.

To all whom it may concern." 7

Be it known that LWILLIAMB. MCCARTHY, a citizen of the United States,residing in New Haven, in thecounty of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGar-Racks, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad'therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in car-racks, and has for itsobject, among other things, the construction of a rack which can beconveniently attached to the wall and having a body member that can beremoved from the wall-brackets as a unit and, further, to so arrange theparts that the rack can be extended 0r lengthened, if desired.

To these and other ends my invention consists in the car-rack havingcertain details of construction and combination of parts, as

will be hereinafter described,and more particularly pointed out in theclaims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like numerals designate like partsin the several figures, Figure l is a plan View of myinvention complete.Fig. 2 is an end View thereof.

Fig. 3 is plan view of the body member. Fig.-

4 is a section'thereof upon line'A'B of Fig.3. Fig. 5 is a fragmentaryplan view of one of the brackets, tie-rods, and a portion of the bodymember; and Fig. 6 is an elevation of two of the tie-rods, illustratingthe manner of connecting the same when used with an extension-rack.

Heretofore the racks .or baskets used in passenger-coaches have eitherbeen made of parts immovably secured to the wall or'of' wire or othernetting which cannot be readily removed while renovating the car. In myinvention the car-rack is so designed that it can be readily attached toand removed from the wall, and consists, essentially, of abracket ateither end which is secured tothe wall and supports connecting-rodstherebetween, upon which is slidably mounted a body member which iscomposed of several parts rigidly secured together, makingthe bodymember a unitary structure.

. In the drawings the numerals l 1 designate the brackets, which areprovided with feet 2 2, through which screws are passed to fasten thebrackets to the wall of the car and Serial No, 106,210. (No model.)

upon the lower end of the foot 2 is the coat and hat hook 3, as iscommon in brackets of this character. Connecting, the two brackets arethe tie-rods 44, which, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, are reduced at eitherend,forrning a threaded shank'e, which projects through the hole 6 inthe brackets and has a tip or acorn 7 on the end thereof.

The body comprises two tubular members 8 8, a plurality of cross-arms 9,connecting said tubular members, and extending through said armsparallel to said tubular members 8 are the rods 10. The rods 9 aresecured to the tubular members 8 and the rods 10 to the arms 9 in anypreferred manner, either by sweating, soldering, or riveting, it onlybeing essential that they should be rigidly secured together, so thatthebody member can be moved as a unit. Any other design or style ofbracket or body member can be used equally as well within my inventionas the .one shown, and I do not, therefore, limit myself to the exactdesigns illustrated.

To secure the rack to the wall, one of the brackets l is first fastenedthereto and then the rods fastened to said bracket by passing thethreaded shanks 5 thereon through the hole 6 and threading the tip oracorn 7 thereon, after which the body member is placed in p the tips oracorns 7 are secured thereon,thereby completing the rack, as shown inFig. 1.

' For extension-racks the tie-rods 4 are provided at one end with ashank 5, Fig. 6, and the other end with a threaded hole 11. Inconstructing an extension rack the first bracket, the tie-rods 4; andthe body member are secured in'the manner above described, then thesecond bracket is fastened .in place and the rods 4, forming part of thenext section of the rack, are secured into the rods 4 of the firstsection, Fig. 6, bypassing the threaded shank 5 through the hole'6 inthe second bracket and screwing it into the threaded hole 11 in the endof the rods 4 of the first section. The body member is now placed uponthe rods Lof the second section, which is completed by fastening a newbracket to the wall. These operations can be repeated indefinitely andas many sections added as necessary, thus making a rack of any desiredlength.

There are minor changes and alterations that can be made within myinvention aside from those herein shown and suggested, and I wouldtherefore have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exactconstruction herein shown and described, but claim all that falls fairlywithin the spirit and scope of my invention.

I am aware that car-racks have been heretofore made with a body membercomposed of wire-netting; but I disclaim such construction.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In a car-rack, the combination with supporting-brackets; of tie-rodsconnected therewith; and a body member composed of parallel tube membersjoined together by nonflexible members, the said tube members beingslidably mounted upon said tie-rods, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. In a car-rack the combination with the supporting-brackets l; ofthetie-rods 4; secured therein; and the body member composed of the tubularmembers 8, cross-arms 9 and rods 10, mounted on said tie-rods 4,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM B. MCCARTHY.

Witnesses:

GEORGE E. HALL, J. PETER DEJON.

